Hamline Univ. 2009 Summer Session 2, Tentative Schedule

Physics 1110, Energy Environment, & the Economy (EEE)

 

Monday, 13 July 09

Introduction and Vote of Topics.

BASICS I

(Read Bartlett Article, Chapter1) Course Guidelines Out

 

Tuesday, 14 July

BASICS II (Text Chapter 1)

Discuss Bartlett Article (Hand out Syllabus, Unit Conversion, Problem Set 1)

2:30 – 4 PM:

Lab 1: Excel

 

Wednesday, 15 July

BASICS III (Text Chapter 1) through LAB 2.

Energy consumption in US and Abroad.

(Hand out PS 2 and LAB 2)

 

Thursday, 16 July

BASICS IV through LAB 3.

TEST 1

2:30 – 4 PM:      

Lab 2: Power

(Hand out LAB 3; Week-end Reading Chap. 2,3,6)

 

Monday, 20 July

Text Chapter 2: Fossil Fuels: Oil/Natural Gas, Coal

 

LAB 2 DUE 4 PM

 

Tuesday, 21 July

Text Chapter 3:

Coal Continued;

Power Plants.

Begin Radioactivity.

2:30 – 4 PM:

Lab 4: Heat of Fusion

 

Wednesday, 22 July

Text Chapter 6:

Radioactivity contd; Nuclear Power; Nuclear Fusion

 

 

 

Thursday, 23 July

Nuclear Continued

(Week-end Reading Chap. 6,7,4,5)

Decision: TP, SOP, or LP.

TEST 2

 

Monday, 27 July

Text Chapter 7

Conservation

BASICS through LAB 5

LAB 3 DUE: 4 PM

 

Tuesday, 28 July

Text Chapter 4

Lab 5 Continued.

 

2:30 – 4 PM:

Lab 6: Measurement of the Specific Heat of an Unknown

 

Wednesday, 29 July

Text Chapter 5

Solar Energy; Other Renewable Energy Resources; Energy Economics.

 

 

Thursday, 30 July

Lab 4 Discussion

[TOPIC DEADLINE: TERM PAPER, SOP, OR LABORATORY PROJECT]

 (Week-end Reading Chap. 8,9,10)

TEST 3

 

Monday, 3 August

Text Chapter 8

Transportation; Mass Transit; Text Chapter 9,10  Air Pollution & Global Concerns

 

Tuesday, 4 August Environmental Concerns Concluded.

Political Aspects: US and World (OPEC)

LAB 5 DUE: 4 PM

 

Wednesday, 5 August

Political Aspects: US and World (OPEC) Concluded.

SOPs given.

LAB PROJECT OR TERM PAPER DUE

 

Thursday, 6 August

 

 

TEST 4